Ventilated sun-hat.



T. E. HURD.

VENTILATED SUN HAT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 4. ms.

1,179,631 Patented Apr. 18, 1916;

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PVENT-ILATED SUN-HAT.

v Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed May 4, 1915. Serial No. 25,712.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, THoMAs Hum), a

A citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the countyof Los Angeles and'xState of California, have inventednew and usefulImprovements in Ventilated- Sun-Hats, of which the following is'aspecification.

My invention relates to a new and improved ventilated sun hat composedof a brim: member and a crown member spaced therefrom providingventilation for said hat.

It is an object of this invention to provide a ventilated hat, simple ofconstruction, which may be easily assembled, or

taken apart and packed away in a traveling" case. 1

It is especially adapted as a sun hat in the fields, on the sea-shore,and other places where the wearer is exposed to the sunshine andweather.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hat which, when takenapart, will occupy little space and which may be folded or rolled upwithout injury to the material or to the shape of the hat when it isreassembled.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of partshereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification:Figure 1 shows a side view in perspective of the hat. Fig. 2 shows aView from the bottom thereof. Fig. 3 shows the brim member of the hatspread out fiat with the ends detached from each other. Fig. 4: shows aplan View of the crown member detached from the hat. Figs. 5, 6 and 7are detailed views showing the fastening devices for holding the brimand crown members together.

10 represents the brim member of the hat which is made of resilientmaterial such as braided buffalo grass. It is obvious, however, that anyother suitable grass or material may be substituted therefor. The brimmember has the shape of a bow, as shown in Fig. 3, being wider in itscentral portion than at the end. The outer and inner edges are arcs ofcircles while the end edges are on a line approximately at right anglesto the tangents at the points of intersection of the end edges with theouter and inner circles. The edges of the brim member are faced with anysuitable textile fabric as at 11. On the facing of the end edges, balland socket fastening devices 12 are provided.

When the ends of the brim member are fastened together by means of saidfastening devices, the brim member has the shape resembling afrustratedcone, as indicated in Fig. 1, having the frontal sectionlonger than the rear section andsaid frontal section extending with anangle more acute than that of the rear. I

The crown member 14, made of like material as that constituting the brimmember, has, when detached from the hat, the shape of a circle, beingsimilarly faced with a suit- ATT v ableatextile fabric around itsperiphery.

Spaced along the circumference a number of staple buttons 15 areequidistantly arranged. I have shown eight of such buttons but it isobvious that the number may be varied, as desired. As shown in Fig. 6,the staple button consists of a head and a pair of staple members 16.The staple members are of metal and have for their function thefastening of the crown and brim members together, as will be hereinafterdescribed. As shown in the drawings, the crown member has a diameterconsiderably smaller than the diameter on which the outer edge of thebrim member is constructed though the proportion between the two may bevaried within wide limits. On the brim section a number of marks 17 areindicated by any suitable means, the number corresponding to the numberof staple buttons on the crown member, which are equidistantly arrangedon the arc of a circle between the outer and inner edges of the brimmember. The crown member is placed over the brim member, as shown inFig. 1 and is bent down along its edge and each button is fastened tothe brim member at the places indicated by marks, so that the shape ofthe crown member will be that of an inverted bowl with scalloped edgesor folds,

as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Where the hat said brim member,

the brim and crown members is resilient and the dimensions of the marks17 from the upper rim of the brim member are chosen in such a way thatthe crown member will be retained in a spaced relation from the top ofthe brim member, thereby affording a means of ventilating between theinterior of the brim member and the outside air by the passages providedbetween the folds of the crown member and the brim member. At suitablepoints within and to'the rear of the brim member, a pair of hatfastening bands 18 are attached.

I claim:

1. A ventilated sun hat of resilient material comprising a brim membercomposed of'a band detachably fastened together at its ends, a crownmember ofthe shape of an inverted bowl, spaced from the top of said brimmember, fastening devices detachably connecting the rim'of said crownmember to said brim member ata plurality of points intermediate the saidbrim member form- Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor five centseach, by addressing the v Washington, D. G.

V ing with said crown member a series of venbase and top of tllatingpassages, there being a ventilating passage between each pair ofadjacent fastening devices.

2. A ventilated sun hatof resilient material comprising a brim membercomposed 3 of a band detachably fastened together at its ends forming afrusto-conical shape, a

crown member of the, shape of an inverted bowl spaced from the top ofsaid brim' member, button staples equidistantly mounted on the rim ofsaid crown member detachably connecting said rim to said brim member ata plurality of points interme diate the base and top of saidbrim-member, said brim member forming with: said crown 4 member a seriesof ventilating passages,

there being a ventilatingpassage between each pair of adjacent staples.1

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 4 27th day of April, 1915.

THOMAS E. HURD.

Commissioner 7 6: Patents,

